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Win Hot Wheels Wall Tracks
Hot Wheels Wall Tracks – a clever new way for your kids to play with their favourite track sets – on the wall!
Competition ends 31st May 2012Groups
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Question: Braxton Hicks Contractions
Q: “I am 28 weeks pregnant. I’ve noticed that sometimes my womb gets very tight and hard. At first I thought this was due to the baby moving, but my friend told me that I am having “practice contractions”. What does this mean? Is there anything I can do to stop them?” A: Braxton Hicks contractions…
Posted in Am I in labour?, Pregnancy, Question & Answer
Tagged Braxton Hicks, contractions, Labour, Placenta, Pregnancy
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Question: Position of baby’s head
Q: “I am currently 30+ weeks pregnant with my second child. I went for a routine check up with my midwife (but did not see my usual midwife). She informed me that she could feel 4/5 of the baby and that the baby’s head is in my pelvis, but not engaged. I panicked and was…
Posted in Am I in labour?, Pregnancy, Question & Answer
Tagged Baby, engaged, head, Labour, Pelvis, Pemphigoid Geestationis, premature
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Am I in labour?
Some women know for certain the moment that labour has started, but often the signs aren’t clear. Even if you know that you are in labour, you may wonder what you should do next. Use this guide to find out what’s happening and what steps to take. Have your waters broken? Yes: Did they go…
Established labour – When should you go into hospital?
When should you go into hospital? If you are having a hospital birth, this is a question that a lot of pregnant women and their partners are keen to know the answer to, but in fact there isn’t really a definitive answer. It depends on various things, including how far you live from the hospital…
The first stage of labour
The first signs After days or weeks of impatiently waiting for labour to start, it can be difficult to tell just when labour begins. If you are experiencing regular, mild contractions these could be Braxton Hicks (practice) contractions, or the beginning of a stop and start labour, or the real thing. Technically speaking, you’re not…
Being prepared for labour
Preparation, preparation, preparation? I went into labour a week early, not part of my carefully constructed plan! Ever since I had found that I was pregnant I had approached my pregnancy like a military operation. I had read all of the books and magazines, taken various herbal supplements on a daily basis, drank endless cups…
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Tagged Active Birth Centre, Birth, Childbirth, Labour, labour and birth
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When will labour start – accurate test
An electronic test has been developed to tell women when they will go into labour. The scientific test has been developed in Leeds and involves women holding a device onto their stomach. The research team say electrical signals in the womb, which tell a woman’s uterus whether to relax or contract, build up in the weeks before the…
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Tagged am I in labour, labour and birth, Tests
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